Exporting raises productivity in sub-Saharan African manufacturing firms

Proponents of trade liberalization argue that exporting helps firms to achieve higher productivity levels. This hypothesis is examined for a panel of manufacturing firms in nine African countries. The results indicate that exporters in these countries are more productive and, more importantly, expor...

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Volume:	67
Main Author:	Van Biesebroeck, Johannes
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Zielgruppe:	Academic
Place of publication:	AMSTERDAM Elsevier B.V 2005 ELSEVIER Elsevier Elsevier Science Publishers ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
published in:	Journal of international economics Vol. 67; no. 2; pp. 373 - 391
Data of publication:	2005
ISSN:	0022-1996 1873-0353
EISSN:	1873-0353
Discipline:	Economics Business
Series:	Journal of International Economics
Subjects:	Productivity Export sub-Saharan Africa Causation Economics Business & Economics Social Sciences Economic aspects Exports Manufacturing industry Sub-Saharan Africa Productivity O12 sub-Saharan Africa Causation F14 Export O33 MARKET productivity COLOMBIA causation export
Online Access:	available in Bonn?
Database:	Social Sciences Citation Index Web of Science - Social Sciences Citation Index - 2005 Web of Knowledge Web of Science RePEc RePEc IDEAS CrossRef Academic OneFile (A&I only) OpenAIRE OpenAIRE (Open Access) Database information Databases - DBIS